Because the capacitor is inside a feedback loop, low frequency response is improved, and damping factor is somewhat better than a design that doesn't include the cap in the feedback loop. However, most of the time there will be little audible difference one way or the other. In Fig 1, it's assumed that the supply voltage will be unregulated.
You'll see many capacitor coupled amplifiers (including the one shown here that I used for testing) that derive at least part of their negative feedback signal from after the output capacitor. This helps to minimise distortion created by the capacitor.
By far the simplest arrangement is to use a large value capacitor - one that is at least 10 times greater than theoretically needed. While it would be nice to have the luxury of using the same ratio for speaker coupling caps, this makes the capacitor overly large and expensive.
Input, feedback and DC supply paths in power amps and preamps will always have a defined resistance, and the capacitor value is chosen to ensure that the lowest frequency of interest (typically 20Hz) is passed without attenuation.
A capacitor is mandatory for these because they have a 2.5V DC offset, and if this is not removed completely, most DC connected preamps will simply saturate - the output voltage will be 2.5V multiplied by the preamp's gain. A gain of only 6 times (16dB close enough) will convert the 2.5V into the full 15V maximum output from the preamp.
The capacitor acquires a charge when the amp's output is positive (referenced to the quiescent voltage of 15V), equal to I × t (time in seconds) coulombs. By definition, if a current of 1A flows for 1 second, the charge is 1C. The charge with 1A for 0.5ms (e.g. a 1kHz squarewave) is 0.5mC.
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